Re: second/custom PEAR/PECL installation. possible? how?

hi Greg, thanks so much for taking the time to give such a detailed run down (and a complete solution) ... Greg Beaver wrote: > Jochem Maas wrote: ... > > Hi Jochem, > > If you're having PEAR questions, ask on the pear-general list. It's > pure luck that I happened upon your message, and nobody on php-general > seems to know jack about PEAR. they don't indeed :-) I'll make my way over to the pear-general list in future. thanks for the reminder. > > The solution is quite easy. > > You need separate configuration files for PEAR in PHP5. To get this > going, you should first install a local copy of PEAR for PHP5 only. > > Assuming you have PEAR in /usr/local/lib/php, the best choice is to > install another copy in /usr/local/lib/php5: > > First you'll need to create a new configuration file, which you can save > as "/etc/pear5.conf". Your php4 conf will be in /etc/pear.conf. Then > you need to create a new directory for downloads to avoid conflicts > (easy). The most important part is to set the php_bin variable to the > path to php5 and finally install your custom copy of PEAR. I assume you > are using "php5" as the CLI for PHP 5. Change this to the right name in > which php5 if I'm wrong. > > sudo pear config-create /usr/local/lib/php5 /etc/pear5.conf > sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set php_bin which php5 > sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set download_dir /tmp/pear5 > mkdir /tmp/pear5 > chmod 0777 /tmp/pear5 > sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf up PEAR > > At this point you will have a new pear and pecl executable stored in > /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/. You'll also want to set the ext_dir to the > location of your extension_dir in php.ini for php5. > > sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set ext_dir /path/to/php5/ext > > Finally, as a convenience, you'll probably want to use ln to make > "pear5" and "pecl5" commands > > sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/pear /usr/local/bin/pear5 > sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/pecl /usr/local/bin/pecl5 > > Lastly, you will *always* want to call with the -c option I suppose I could setup global [bash] aliases that would include the -c option. no? > > pecl5 install APC > > will still use your default configuration file at /etc/pear.conf. > > pecl5 -c /etc/pear5.conf install APC > > will correctly install and configure APC for php5. > > Needless to say, this is more complicated than it seems like it should > be, and the next version of the PEAR installer. maybe a bit convoluted, but following the steps you set out is cinch compared to trying to figuring it out on my own (and hoping I had got it right). > Pyrus, makes this > process MUCH easier. Pyrus has only just been started, and so is barely > past proof-of-concept. > > I hope this helps out. you bet! your detailed explanation is just the ticket! > > Greg